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The Pet Shop Boys and the Political
Queerness, Culture, Identity and Society
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About this book
The Pet Shop Boys came of age at a time of deep socio-political tension. From the rise of sexual politics and awareness to Thatcherite neoliberalism and the Cold War, this book explores the cultural and political impact of the band and offers a fascinating window into the late 20th and early 21st centuries. An archetypal 'gay band', it shows how their overt queerness influenced generations of LGBTQIA+ music lovers and artists alike.
Covering the full oeuvre of the Pet Shop Boys; their albums, films, stage productions and collaborations, chapters in this collection show how their work is suffused with political commentary on the past and present covering themes as broad as queer identity, the HIV/AIDs epidemic, globalization and Brexit. It also places them within the context of their times and considers them as activists, authors, social commentators, political actors and personalities to better understand what influenced them. Bringing together a range of perspectives and disciplines, The Pet Shop Boys and the Political provides a unique and untapped insight into a formative pop band of the modern era that has mirrored and shaped society over the past forty years.
Covering the full oeuvre of the Pet Shop Boys; their albums, films, stage productions and collaborations, chapters in this collection show how their work is suffused with political commentary on the past and present covering themes as broad as queer identity, the HIV/AIDs epidemic, globalization and Brexit. It also places them within the context of their times and considers them as activists, authors, social commentators, political actors and personalities to better understand what influenced them. Bringing together a range of perspectives and disciplines, The Pet Shop Boys and the Political provides a unique and untapped insight into a formative pop band of the modern era that has mirrored and shaped society over the past forty years.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Hit Music, Disco Potential, Pop Kids
- Part One Itâs All About Change, Itâs a Metamorphosis: The Personal-Political
- 1 Che Guevara and Debussy to a Disco Beat: Intellectualism and the Pet Shop Boys
- 2 The End of the West: Community and Chorus in the Pet Shop Boys since âGo Westâ
- 3 He Dreamed of Machines: Queer Heritage and the Pet Shop Boysâ âTuring Testâ
- Part Two Blaming the Colour TV: Neoliberal and Capitalist Critique
- 4 Buying and Selling your History: Navigating the Ruins of Neoliberalism with Tennant and Lowe
- 5 The Currency We Spent: The Pet Shop Boys and the Actualization of Thatcherite Economics
- 6 Moscow or Manderley? Spectrality and Sovietism in the Pet Shop Boysâ Oeuvre. Carolin
- Part Three We Came From Outer Space: Siting and Spatiality
- 7 âAll That Swinging Sixties. It Didn't Do Anyone Any Good, Did It?â The Pet Shop Boys and the Scandal of the Profumo Affair
- 8 Go West, Young Band
- Part Four Weâre the Pet Shop Boys: Metanarrativity and Manifestations
- 9 Itâs a Sin: Religious Imagery and Queer Identities in It Couldnât Happen Here
- 10 What Have I Done to Deserve This? Personal, Professional and Political Representations in Smash Hits during the âImperial Phaseâ (1986â8)
- 11 Youâve Been Around but You Donât Look Too Rough: Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live and the Pet Shop Boys as Legacy Artists
- 12 Itâs (Not) Obvious: Queerness and Queer Identities Pre- and Post-Bilingual
- Index
- Copyright